Obituaries

Shirley R. Smith

Shirley R. Smith, 73, of Devonshire Estates, formerly of Benedict Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., on Dec. 4, 1929, daughter of...

Mabel L. O'Donnell

Mabel L. O'Donnell, 82, formerly of 507 Williams St., died Friday evening at Springside of Pittsfield Health Care Facility, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on May 30,...

Theodore Frank Blazejewski

Theodore Frank Blazejewski, 87, of 20 Second St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Dec. 18, 1915, son of Frank and...

Bernadette M. "Bonnie" Weaver

Bernadette M. "Bonnie" Weaver, 80, of 295 West Main St., North Canaan, Conn., died Sunday at the Charlotte-Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn. Born in West Stockbridge on Jan. 25, 1923,...

Eva M. Tremblay

Eva M. Tremblay, 97, of 170 Stearns Ave. died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on March 9, 1906, daughter of Willard W. and Rose Plant...

Carl Paul Myers

Carl Paul Myers, 60, of 179 State St. died yesterday at home, following seven months of poor health. Born in North Adams on Feb. 5, 1943, son of Charles Henry and Myrtle Avis Pratt Myers, he was...

Horace J. LaDouceur Sr

Horace J. LaDouceur Sr., 82, of 29 Toronita Ave. died Friday, Oct. 10, at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2002. Born in Easthampton on Dec. 3, 1920, son of Joseph F. and...

Dolores M. Housman

Dolores M. Housman, 64, of 63A Fourth St., Turners Falls, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 2, 1938, daughter of Henry and...

Marguerite Beatrice Field Gould

Marguerite Beatrice Field Gould, 87, of 1322 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in Somerville on Sept. 10, 1916, daughter of John Alexander and Mabel Agnes Muggah...

Gail M. Gelinas

Gail M. Gelinas, 48, formerly of 55 Lucia Drive, died yesterday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton, following a long battle with Huntington's chorea. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1955,...

Esther M. Fresia

Esther M. Fresia, 90, of 106 Morningview Drive died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1913, daughter of Louis and Anna Vogliazzo Fresia, she was educated in local schools....

Biagio Albertazzi, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Biagio Albertazzi, 88, formerly of 600 Cheshire Road, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided since Dec. 5,...

Mary Clare Judge

Mary Clare Judge, 92, formerly of 165 Water St., died yesterday morning at Cherry Hill Manor in Johnston, R.I. Born in New York City on Aug. 2, 1911, daughter of James Boland and Gertrude Barry...

Florence Sedgwick Hall

Florence Sedgwick Hall, 84, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a longtime survivor of throat cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 3, 1918,...

Eric Richard Monk

Eric Richard Monk, 2, of 19 Cliff Ave. died Monday, Sept. 29, at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 24, 2001, he was the son of Richard and Barbara Wells Rich Monk. Eric enjoyed watching...

Arthur P. Lemaire Sr., 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Pierre Lemaire Sr., 80, of 190 Eagle St. died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003, at home. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Nov. 25, 1922, son of Edward and Matilda Lemiux Lemaire, he...

Mildred L. Laramee

Mildred L. Laramee, 90, formerly of 31 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on Mar ch 1, 1913, daughter of William and...

Barbara Frances Marcucci

Barbara Frances Marcucci, 67, of 149 Benedict Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1936, daughter of Barbara J. Hartwell Richards and the late Donald L....

Lauri H. Hakulin

Lauri H. Hakulin, 83, a former resident of Ashley Falls, died Thursday at Laurel Hill Health Care Center in Winsted, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 13, 1920, he was the son of John and...

John W. Larkin

John W. Larkin, 82, of 260 Pittsfield Road died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1921, son of William P. and Alice Barry Larkin, he was a...

William A. "Huffy" Huffstater

William A. "Huffy" Huffstater, 70, of 23 Hamlin St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1933, son of Leon and Florence Evo Huffstater, he was educated in...

Gerald P. Bedard

Gerald P. Bedard, 80, of 110 Cherry St., Holyoke, formerly of Adams died Saturday at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1922, son of Joseph P. and Almina Sauve Bedard, he...

Barbara Ann Merrick

Barbara Ann Merrick, 63, of 1422 Massachusetts Ave. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Poland, N.Y., on July 15, 1940, daughter of Harold and Mae Taft Goodney, she...

William E. Frisbie

William E. Frisbie, 91, of 434 Main St. died yesterday at home. He was the longtime road superintendent and special police officer, and was active on town boards. Born in Litchfield, Conn., on...

Paul F. Alvaro Jr.

Paul F. Alvaro Jr., 39, of Calhoun, Ga., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday of a heart attack while hunting. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1964, son of the late Paul F. Alvaro Sr. and the...